# How to leverage internals of \`collect\`

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**Category:** General Usage\
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**Created:** [December 4, 2017, 10:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-leverage-internals-of-collect/7493 "2017-12-04T10:18:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-leverage-internals-of-collect/7493/4 "2017-12-04T15:38:32Z")

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I suppose whether or not something is more natural is a bit subjective. I would argue that digging into the internals of `collect` is perhaps less natural.

How about the `map` `do` syntax? See [`stevengj`’s suggestion for a similar problem](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ridiculous-idea-types-from-the-future/5457/2).

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